Shock footage shows driver deliberately blocking ambulance on 999 call
dailyrecord.co.ukShocking footage released has shown a driver deliberately blocking an ambulance which was out on a 999 call. Albert Butler, 38, was given an eight month prison sentence - suspended for 18 months - and suspended from driving for three years after obstructing an on duty ambulance.
The dangerous driver was caught committing his crimes on the ambulance's dash-cam as well as footage taken by a paramedic in the passenger seat of the vehicle earlier this year.
The incident took place on A4 Bath Road in Reading on February 2, reports MyLondon. The appalling footage shows the 38-year-old, driving a red Suzuki Vitara, initially being overtaken by the emergency vehicle which had its blue lights on.
However, in later footage captured, Butler is then seen overtaking the ambulance by swerving onto the wrong side of the road.Not content with just overtaking the emergency vehicle, the driver is also filmed slamming down his brakes in front of the ambulance and deliberately slowing down.
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